Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2054 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: Birdwell S.B. No. 2054
2		-	(Cook)
	1	+	S.B. No. 2054
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas
8	6		Juvenile Justice Department to the State Orphans Home Alumni
9	7		Association.
10	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	9		SECTION 1. (a) In this Act, "State Orphans Home Alumni
12	10		Association" means the association of individuals organized to
13	11		honor the former residents and students of Corsicana State Home in
14	12		Corsicana, Texas, formerly known as the State Orphans Home.
15	13		(b) Not later than January 1, 2016, the Texas Juvenile
16	14		Justice Department shall donate and transfer to the State Orphans
17	15		Home Alumni Association the real property described by Subsection
18	16		(f) of this section.
19	17		(c) The State Orphans Home Alumni Association may use the
20	18		real property transferred under this Act only for a purpose that
21	19		benefits the public interest of the state by preserving and
22	20		maintaining the property as a cemetery to commemorate the former
23	21		residents of the Corsicana State Home, formerly known as the State
24	22		Orphans Home, who are buried there. If the State Orphans Home
25	23		Alumni Association uses the property for any purpose other than a
26	24		purpose described by this subsection, ownership of the property
27	25		automatically transfers to the State of Texas.
28	26		(d) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall transfer
29	27		the real property by an appropriate instrument of transfer. The
30	28		instrument of transfer must:
31	29		(1) provide that:
32	30		(A) the State Orphans Home Alumni Association may
33	31		use the property only for a purpose that benefits the public
34	32		interest of the state by preserving and maintaining the property as
35	33		a cemetery to commemorate the former residents of the Corsicana
36	34		State Home, formerly known as the State Orphans Home, who are buried
37	35		there; and
38	36		(B) ownership of the property will automatically
39	37		transfer to the State of Texas if the State Orphans Home Alumni
40	38		Association uses the property for any purpose other than a purpose
41	39		described by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision; and
42	40		(2) describe the property to be transferred by metes
43	41		and bounds.
44	42		(e) The General Land Office shall retain custody of the
45	43		instrument of transfer after the instrument of transfer is filed
46	44		for recording in the real property records of Navarro County.
47	45		(f) The real property referred to in this section is
48	46		described as follows:
49	47		A TRACT OF LAND IN THE J. W. WILLIAMS SURVEY ABSTRACT NO. 850 AS
50	48		LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CORSICANA, NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING
51	49		MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
52	50		COMMENCING at a State of Texas concrete monument at the southeast
53	51		corner of a called 278 acre tract described in a deed from TEXAS
54	52		YOUTH COMMISSION to CORSICANA WALLY LTD. in Volume 1804/148 of the
55	53		Real Records, Navarro County, Texas; said point being the northeast
56	54		corner of a called 2.767 acre tract described in a deed from
57	55		CORSICANA WALLY LTD. TO FUTURE BURGER KING in Volume 2007/5618 of
58	56		the Deed Records, Navarro County, Texas;
59	57		THENCE: N 30°31'11" W 1732.07 feet along the southwest right of way
60	58		line of North 45th Street (a 80' wide right of way) to a 1/2" AW
61	59		capped IRS for the Point of Beginning of the herein described
62	60		subject property;
63	61		THENCE: S 59°28'49" W 235.34 feet departing said right of way to a
64	62		1/2" AW capped IRS for the southwest corner of the herein described
65	63		subject property;
66	64		THENCE: N 30°31'11" W 139.83' feet to a 1/2" AW capped IRS for the
67	65		northwest corner of the herein described subject property;
68	66		THENCE: N 59°28'49" E 235.34 feet to a 1/2" AW capped IRS southwest
69	67		right of way of North 45th Street for the northeast corner of the
70	68		herein described subject property;
71	69		THENCE: S 30°31'11" E to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing
72	70		32,908 sq. ft. or 0.755 acres of land.
73	71		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
74	72		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
75	73		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
76	74		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
77	75		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	76	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	77	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	78	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2054 passed the Senate on
	79	+	April 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	80	+	______________________________
	81	+	Secretary of the Senate
	82	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2054 passed the House on
	83	+	May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two
	84	+	present not voting.
	85	+	______________________________
	86	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	87	+	Approved:
	88	+	______________________________
	89	+	Date
	90	+	______________________________
	91	+	Governor